RT Book, Section A1 Darras, Basil T. A2 Rudolph, Colin D. A2 Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 Lister, George E. A2 First, Lewis R. A2 Gershon, Anne A. SR Print(0) ID 7058953 T1 Chapter 572. Myopathies T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-149723-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7058953 RD 2024/03/29 AB Muscular dystrophies are an inherited group of primary diseases of muscle, characterized pathologically by muscle fiber degeneration and clinically by progressive muscle weakness. Pathologic, clinical and genetic criteria have been used as the basis for their classification.